(a) whether any targets have been fixed for total expenditure for the
implementation of social sector schemes during the Eleventh Five Year Plan;
(b) if so, the total expenditure earmarked for the same;
(c) the total amount allocated for the same till December, 2011; and
(d) the gap between the amount allocated and spent during the above period?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND
EARTH SCIENCES (DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) to (d): A Five Year Plan provides an indicative outlay for various schemes of
Union Ministries / Departments which is allocated to the Schemes on annual basis
through Union Budgets. Additional Central Assistance to the states is also provided
in the Annual Budgets for specific schemes. The amount allocated under these
schemes is shown in the respective implementing Ministry’s Demand for Grants, as
well as in their respective Outcome Budgets. The details of indicative Plan Outlay
for Eleventh Plan and subsequent Annual Plan Allocations and Expenditure for
various social sector schemes to the Ministries / Departments are given in the
Annexure.